Roger Revelle
| Roger Revelle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 7, 1909 Seattle, Washington |
| Died | July 15, 1991 (aged 82) San Diego, California |
| Citizenship | American |
| Institutions |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego |
| Alma mater |
Pomona College University of California, Berkeley |
| Notable awards | Alexander Agassiz Medal (1963) Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1984) Vannevar Bush Award (1984) William Bowie Medal (1968) National Medal of Science (1990) |
Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (March 7, 1909 – July 15, 1991) was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was among the early scientists to study anthropogenic global warming, as well as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. UC San Diego's first college is named Revelle College in his honor.
Roger Revelle was born in Seattle to William Roger Revelle and Ella Dougan, and grew up in southern California, graduating from Pomona College in 1929 with early studies in geology and then earning a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of California, Berkeley in 1936. While at Cal, he studied under Dr. George D. Louderback and was initiated into Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity which started as a mining engineering fraternity and maintained a strong affinity for geology and geological engineering students. Much of his early work in oceanography took place at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in San Diego. He was also Oceanographer for the Navy during WWII. He became director of SIO from 1950 to 1964. He stood against the UC faculty being required to take an anti-communist oath during the Joseph McCarthy period. He served as Science Advisor to Interior Secretary Stewart Udall during the Kennedy Administration in the early 1960s, and was President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1974).
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